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Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences regulations



Graduate Certificate in Wound Care


1. Graduate Certificate

The Graduate Certificate in Wound Care may be undertaken in the faculty.


2. Interpretations

In the regulations unless the contrary intention appears -

'candidate' means a candidate for the diploma;

'faculty' means the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences;

'course of study' means the total amount of work required to be completed by a candidate to qualify for the diploma;

'dean' means the dean of the faculty;

'graduate certificate' means the Graduate Certificate in Wound Care.

'information handout' means a faculty handbook or such other publication, whether in bound, loose leaf or electronic form concerning the course of study as the faculty board determines from time to time.


3. Admission to candidature

An applicant for admission to candidature must have qualified for a degree of the university or of another educational institution which in the opinion of the faculty board constitutes satisfactory preparation for the course of study.


4. Course of study

4.1 The course of study comprises units determined by the faculty board under this section.

4.2 The faculty board may from time to time determine the units comprising the course of study and in relation to these may determine any matter including but not limited to requirements concerning -

4.2.1 number, content, duration and timing;

4.2.2 attendance and participation;

4.2.3 assessment; and

4.2.4 satisfactory completion.

The faculty board must cause each determination under this section to be published in an information handout.


5. Credit

A candidate who, not more than five years before admission to candidature, completed work which the faculty board is satisfied is equivalent to or a satisfactory substitute for work in the course of study may, at the discretion of the faculty board, be granted credit but for not more than one quarter of the work in the course of study.


6. Time limits

Except where the faculty board in any particular case otherwise determines, the course of study must be completed in two semesters of part-time candidature.


7. Satisfactory completion

A candidate who satisfactorily completes the course of study qualifies for the graduate certificate.


8. Course requirements

8.1 Subject to this section, a candidate must comply with these regulations and with the requirements concerning the course of study determined by the faculty board under these regulations, as in force or published from time to time.

8.2 Where the faculty board considers that a candidate has, since first enrolling for the graduate certificate, been unreasonably and adversely affected by any change in the regulations or course of study requirements, the faculty board must permit the candidate to qualify for the graduate certificate under the regulations or course of study requirements in force or published at sometime during candidature, provided the board is satisfied that the work so required to be completed is equivalent in standard to that currently required to complete the course of study.

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